diff --git a/app/browsemainpage.cpp b/app/browsemainpage.cpp
--- a/app/browsemainpage.cpp
+++ b/app/browsemainpage.cpp
@@ -266,8 +266,12 @@
 
 void BrowseMainPage::loadConfig()
 {
-    setPalette(d->mGvCore->palette(GvCore::NormalPalette));
-    d->mThumbnailView->setPalette(d->mGvCore->palette(GvCore::NormalViewPalette));
+    setPalette(d->mGvCore->palette(window()->isFullScreen()
+                                   ? GvCore::FullScreenViewPalette
+                                   : GvCore::NormalViewPalette));
+    d->mThumbnailView->setPalette(d->mGvCore->palette(window()->isFullScreen()
+                                                      ? GvCore::FullScreenViewPalette
+                                                      : GvCore::NormalViewPalette));
     d->mUrlNavigator->setUrlEditable(GwenviewConfig::urlNavigatorIsEditable());
     d->mUrlNavigator->setShowFullPath(GwenviewConfig::urlNavigatorShowFullPath());
 
diff --git a/app/viewmainpage.cpp b/app/viewmainpage.cpp
--- a/app/viewmainpage.cpp
+++ b/app/viewmainpage.cpp
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@
 
 void ViewMainPage::loadConfig()
 {
-    d->applyPalette(false /* fullScreenMode */);
+    d->applyPalette(window()->isFullScreen());
 
     // FIXME: Not symetric with saveConfig(). Check if it matters.
     Q_FOREACH(DocumentView * view, d->mDocumentViews) {
@@ -500,7 +500,9 @@
 
 void ViewMainPage::setStatusBarVisible(bool visible)
 {
-    d->mStatusBarContainer->setVisible(visible);
+    if (!window()->isFullScreen()) {
+        d->mStatusBarContainer->setVisible(visible);
+    }
 }
 
 void ViewMainPage::setFullScreenMode(bool fullScreenMode)